2018 Brain Aneurysm Foundation Annual Report 2018-Brain-Aneurysm-Foundation-Annual-Report | Page 9

$40,000 awarded to UMESHKUMAR ATHIRAMAN, MD
Washington University $20,000 awarded to TETSURO KIMURA, MD, PhD
Barrow Neurological Institute
Project: The Role of Isoflurane Conditioning on Cognitive Function
Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Project: Roles of Nicotine in the Pathophysiology of
Intracranial Aneurysm
Terry A. Kersting Chair of Research: $20,000 Christopher C. Getch Chair of Research: $10,000
James T. Winz, Jr. Chair of Research: $20,000 Aaron’s Angels Chair of Research: $10,000
$45,000 awarded to TIMOTHY A. BECKER, PhD
Moonshot (Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology) $40,000 awarded to KHALID MAHMOOD MALIK, PhD
Oakland University
Project: Innovative Modeling of Brain Aneurysm Vessels for Aneurysm
Device Development Project: NeuroAssist: An Intelligent Decision Support System
for Prediction of Brain Aneurysm Rupture
Northwell Health - North Shore University Hospital
Brain Aneurysm Center Chair of Research: $20,000
Cami Clark Chair of Research: $25,000
$30,000 awarded to ANDREW DUCRUET, MD
Northern Arizona University
Cynthia Lynn Sherwin Chair of Research: $40,000
$30,000 awarded to DEVIN W. McBRIDE, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Project: The Role of Platelets in Microthrombi Formation after
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Project: Development of a Novel Embolic for the Treatment of Aneurysms
Debbie Feiger Chair of Research: $15,000
Nebraska’s Hope for a Better Tomorrow Chair of Research: $15,000
Strode Family Chair of Research: $15,000
Fight Like Frank Chair of Research: $15,000
$25,000 awarded to ALEX NGUYEN HOANG, MD, MSc
The Ohio State University
Project: miR-92a Signaling Leads to Delayed Cerebral Ischemia
after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Timothy P. Susco Chair of Research: $25,000
$35,000 awarded to BRIAN L. HOH, MD
University of Florida
Project: Osteopontin-mediated Cerebral Aneurysm Healing:
Th2 Cell Activation
Thomas Tinlin Chair of Research: $10,000
Sharon Epperson Chair of Research: $15,000
$20,000 awarded to SARAH E. NELSON, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Project: Electroencephalography and Multimodal MRI in
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute Chair of Research: $10,000
1in50 Chair of Research: $10,000
$40,000 awarded to ROBERT M. STARKE, MD, MSc
University of Miami
Project: Endothelial Cell Dysfunction and Differentiation in Cerebral
Aneurysm Progression and Healing
TeamCindy Escape from Alcatraz Chair of Research: $40,000
Sam’s Spirit Chair of Research: $10,000
$45,000 awarded to AYAZ M. KHAWAJA, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Project: Impact of the IL33/ST2 Pathway on the Pathophysiology
of Complications and Outcomes Following Aneurysmal
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Shirley Dudek Demmer Chair of Research: $25,000
$50,000 awarded to VINCENT M. TUTINO, PhD
University at Buffalo
Project: A Prototype RNA-Based Blood Test for Detecting
Unruptured Brain Aneurysms
Carol W. Harvey Chair of Research: $30,000
Kristen’s Legacy of Love for Kristen Shafer Englert
Chair of Research: $20,000
Ellie Helton Chair of Research: $20,000
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